Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We just learned about cardinal numbers. Those are the regular numbers that you would use to say how many things there are. But what about ordinal numbers? These describe a particular sequence. How do we say that somebody got fifth in the race, or won first prize in a contest? Ordinal numbers! Let's learn them now.

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